Kristian Kushta
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 19 December 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Elbasan, Albania | ||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Iraklis | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2015 | PAOK | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2019 | PAOK | 1 | (0) |
2016–2017 | → Michalovce (loan) | 27 | (3) |
2017 | → Slavoj Trebišov (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Aiginiakos (loan) | 30 | (4) |
2019–2020 | Karaiskakis | 15 | (3) |
2020–2021 | Ierapetra | 25 | (5) |
2021–2023 | AEL | 15 | (3) |
2023– | Iraklis | 43 | (10) |
International career | |||
2013 | Albania U17 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 December 2023 |
Kristian Kushta (born 19 December 1997) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Greek Super League 2 club Iraklis.
Club career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Kushta was born in Albania but moved to Greece when he was very young and started his youth career with PAOK FC aged five.[1]
PAOK
[edit]He made it his professional debut under the coach Igor Tudor on 17 December 2015 in a 2015–16 Greek Football Cup match against Olympiacos Volou coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute in place of Nikos Syrakos, where the match finished in the 1–1 away draw.[2]
International career
[edit]Kushta participated with Albania national under-17 football team in the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round in October 2013 under the coach Dzemal Mustedanagić where he managed to appear in all 3 group matches, playing as a substitute in the opening match against Romania U17 replacing Franc Bakalli, then two other matches as a starter to help his side to advance in the next elite round.[3]
Personal life
[edit]His uncle is the former player Sokol Kushta.
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 20 March 2016 [4]
Season | Club | League country | League | National Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
2015–16 | PAOK | Superleague Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 |
Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Career total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ Kristian Kushta profile Archived 2016-04-07 at the Wayback Machine PAOKFC
- ^ Olympiakos Volos vs. PAOK - 17 December 2015 Soccerway
- ^ Kristian Kushta matches at Soccerway
- ^ Kristian Kushta at Soccerway
External links
[edit]- Kristian Kushta at Soccerway
- Kristian Kushta profile PAOKFC
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Vlorë
- Albanian men's footballers
- Albanian emigrants to Greece
- Men's association football forwards
- Albania men's youth international footballers
- PAOK FC players
- MFK Zemplín Michalovce players
- FK Slavoj Trebišov players
- Aiginiakos F.C. players
- A.E. Karaiskakis F.C. players
- O.F. Ierapetra F.C. players
- Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players
- Slovak First Football League players
- 2. Liga (Slovakia) players
- Super League Greece players
- Football League (Greece) players
- Super League Greece 2 players
- Albanian expatriate men's footballers
- Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia